On November 25, 1690, Baron Cecil of the Golden Deer Store was discussing some recent news and information with several subordinates.

This Baron Cecil is not Baron Piceciel. In fact, he is the eldest son of Baron Cecil who has been on the East Coast for more than fifteen years. He just inherited the title of his deceased old father the year before. He was later sent to the East Coast by King James II, who has not yet stepped down, to serve as ambassador.

After James II fell and went into exile abroad, William III and his wife took over the British throne. What's amazing is that the ambassador appointed by the former king was not replaced. Baron Cecil still sat firmly on Diaoyutai and continued to hold this relatively important position. After thinking about it, the reason is probably due to the long journey, many nobles are unwilling to go, and he himself has nothing to do with James II. The Cecil family has been working on the East Coast for so many years, and has completed various tasks well. At the same time, they have met some connections, so there is no reason not to let others continue to do it.

There are many channels for the British to collect intelligence on the East Coast, but they mainly rely on induction and sorting, that is, collecting information from various publicly published books, magazines, and newspapers, then analyzing and refining, and finally drawing useful conclusions. There is no doubt that this is a very ancient method of collecting information, but it is also a very effective method. Intelligence personnel from various countries are very enthusiastic about it, and have derived a group of professional and technical personnel who rely on analysis and refining public intelligence.

Of course, the British are not without professional personnel who spy on secret intelligence, but because the East Coast is strictly guarded and it is difficult to obtain information, the number of people is very small. Of course, more importantly, it seems that the British government is afraid of offending the East Coast people, so it takes the initiative to reduce such activities to avoid negative impacts on the relationship between the two countries. However, now William III is the king, maybe England's policies will change, let's wait and see.

"The East Coast people have already started to report on the purchase of La Plata in a long and full of articles. The newspaper commentators are optimistic, and they generally believe that the Spanish have no choice but to accept the conditions offered by the East Coast people. The same is true for our judgment, and the Spanish will eventually surrender to obtain a huge amount of money as compensation."

"Lucky Spaniards! They're going to get rich overnight! The irritable guy in Madrid can dominate more money to start the war, which will help relieve pressure in England, good!"

"The Spaniards will not make a fortune. They are famous gold funnels. The land purchase money from the East Coast is just a handful of them. It will not last long. They have been like this for many years."

"The Spaniards are synonymous with incompetence. IMHO, they seem to be simply not ready to manage such a huge country, never!"

Listening to his subordinates discussing the current focus of events - the East and West Land Purchase Agreement - Baron Cecil couldn't help but smile. In fact, before he took office as ambassador of the East Coast, he had lived in Madrid for several years and did a lot of research on this country, and he still had a relatively good understanding of the Kingdom of Spain.

This country made a fortune by sailing, and the value of the gold and silver mines in the New World is greater than the sum of the gold and silver mines currently discovered around the world. It is precisely because of this that Spain not only made many countries surrender to him, but also continued to launch wars with its strong financial resources and expand its territory, with the goal of establishing an authoritarian Catholic empire.

Of course, the plot of the Kingdom of Spain ultimately failed. The painful facts proved that the Kingdom of Spain could not rely solely on money to establish the foundation of an empire. The massive amount of gold and silver obtained from the New World entered Spain and abroad. In addition to causing its own industry and commerce to experience severe inflation and go bankrupt, most of them flowed into other countries, and Spain eventually gained nothing.

Among these countries sucking Spanish blood, the East Coast Republic of China is undoubtedly the most cruel one. The Kingdom of Spain is barren and has a drought climate, and cannot produce enough to supply its own and the New World colonies. The East Coast people dumped industrial products on a large scale with the advantages established over the past decades. Especially the vast New World market, they directly accounted for more than 60% of the trade volume, which is jealous. In some areas of Iberia and Italy, the East Coast people's goods are everywhere and made considerable profits. What's more, it is said that the East Coast people have recently planned to forcibly export large amounts of food to Spain, and for this reason they are willing to use some long-sealed naval retired ships as transportation capacity. Agricultural products and industrial products are moving forward together and dumping together, which is a bit too much!

The industrial development in England is in full swing, and the technology of steam engines has begun to spread rapidly. From the original mines and docks, it has quickly become popularized to the production of the national economy, including mechanical processing, metal smelting, cotton and wool textiles, and food production, which has brought great promotion to the production of the national economy. In addition, the English have also made considerable progress in transportation. Thanks to the improvement of their mechanical processing level, they have successfully imitated an underwater propeller propulsion system.

There is no doubt that this is a big breakthrough. Although this steam propulsion system was only sailed in the Thames for a few hours before being scrapped due to water inflow, it is still a great progress, indicating the English's tireless pursuit of industrial technological progress. Compared with the English, the French on the other side of the Strait have not yet touched the way to the steam propulsion system. Although they also have the physical propeller on the East Coast, they can never get it out due to the industrial level, and they are even inferior to some city-states in North Germany, which is also embarrassing.

From this we can see that England is an emerging industrial country, and is very concerned about the commodity market, and collecting commercial intelligence from all over the country has become an instinct. Therefore, when the East Coast negotiated the huge real estate transaction of La Plata with Spain this time, the English really tried their best to do it in order to obtain first-hand information.

"The deal between Spain and the East Coast has become settled, and no one can stop it. Even the chairman of the Executive Committee of the East Coast and the King of Carlos of Spain cannot stop it. This real estate transaction will surely be reached. We should see that the loss of the Spanish Kingdom in part of Chile's La Plata River will not have much of its strength. What they have lost is nothing more than prestige. Another advantageous thing is that after the East Coast people have obtained such a large area of ​​land, a large part of their industrial production capacity will be used to the development and construction of these newly obtained places, which is beneficial to us. We can seize the opportunity, consolidate the existing market, open up new markets, and lay a solid foundation for all parts of our country's commodity marketing." After a while of discussion, Baron Cecil concluded.

"In addition, what I want to say is that London just sent me the latest instruction, asking us to increase diplomatic efforts on the East Coast and allow them to export some key resources to us. High-precision machine tools, high-quality mechanical parts, chemical products, primary metals, etc. are urgently needed by our country's industry. Especially the heavy industrial areas in Birmingham, Newcastle and Wales, which are very urgently needed. In addition, light industrial areas such as Manchester and Siledin also need such goods. Once any country uses good things from the East Coast, it will be as hard to quit as drinking," Baron Cecil spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Finally, we are directly responsible to the gentlemen of Congress. They are all leaders in various industrial or commercial fields, with many companies under their jurisdiction, and our work directly determines their satisfaction. Now England has been trapped in a maritime war with France. Judging from the recent battles, the strength of the French Navy has improved rapidly. The English Navy has suffered huge humiliation and losses. The gentlemen are very dissatisfied with this and demanded to speed up production and do everything possible to supplement the loss of the navy. The machine tools, parts, steel and other commodities we import here will be applied to industrial production and play a role in the construction of our navy. Therefore, our work is very important and very important! Gentlemen, cheer up, I don't want to see anyone lazy." Baron Cecil changed his face and finally said.

Speaking of which, since the French invasion of continental countries and England was involved in the war, both their King William III and his wife, and the rich men of Congress, have quickly adjusted their mindset and formulated positive plans. Especially when James II, who is plotting for restoration, heard that Louis XIV would fund landing on the coast of Britain, eyeing him, William III and Congress quickly reached an agreement to increase their investment in the military, on the one hand, to restore the navy that suffered serious losses, and on the other hand, to increase the production capacity of the military industry and arm a large part of the army.

These measures are simply impossible to do when people from the East Coast, or even if they do, their production efficiency will be greatly reduced. The current English industry has been deeply influenced by the East Coast without knowing it. They have adopted the size and caliber of the East Coast. They have used a large number of East Coast parts with good accuracy and long life. They have purchased a large number of important chemical intermediates from the East Coast. They have even purchased countless tools, measuring tools, instruments, instruments, maintenance manuals and technical services, and the amount is quite huge. England's industry has almost been deeply integrated with the East Coast. Once the East Coast people are angered in some aspects and are blocked by trade sanctions, they can only return to the previous semi-mechanization era and are no longer ahead of the industrial level of continental countries for twenty years.

Facing such a situation, who can remain indifferent? Baron Cecil won’t, and neither will William III! The best direction for England’s future development is still on the East Coast, which is undoubtedly.
Chapter completed!